Mar 29, 2019
If you’ve been craving veggies so fresh, they still smell of earth and taste like sunshine, be sure to visit a Checkers store near you on Thursday, 4 April for Market Day!
This will also be an excellent opportunity to support small-scale food gardens that provide sustainable nourishment and income opportunities for vulnerable communities across the country.
As part of its strategy to fight hunger, the Shoprite Group acts for change by partnering with more than 70 gardens. In partnership with Food & Trees for Africa, the retailer offers training and provides gardening equipment as well as seedlings over a period of at least 18 months.
Market Day is an outflow of this, as it enables community food gardens to promote themselves to a broader customer base and sell their excess crops. It provides them with some much-needed extra income, but also helps boost their independence, which - in turn - leads to greater sustainability.
- Oupa Bila, director of the Caroll Shaw Memorial Centre in Brandvlei, Randfontein
Bila and his team will be participating in Market Day at Checkers Tambotie.
Those in the Mashishing area will be able to buy freshly-harvested vegetables from the Khomanani Vhanu garden at Checkers Lydenburg.
Located near Acornhoek in Mpumalanga, Khomanani is a Market Day regular and will be setting up shop for the fourth time next Thursday.
- Auriel Ngobeni, a founder of Khomanani Vhanu
According to Robyn Hills, Food and Trees for Africa programme manager, Market Day is also a great opportunity for the gardens to put the marketing- and business skills they’ve received as part of the Shoprite Group’s support into practice.
- Robyn Hills, Food and Trees for Africa programme manager
Support these gardens on Market Day by visiting the participating Checkers store on Thursday, 4 April:
Garden
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Store
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Eastern Cape |
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Star Uplifting Centre |
Checkers Nahoon |
Free State |
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Kgaugelo Ya Sechaba |
Checkers FX Mimosa Mall |
Phahamang Basadi Community Garden |
Checkers Parys 2 |
Gauteng |
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Community Crisis Centre |
Checkers Hyper Boksburg |
Supa-Dimama Senior Citizens |
Checkers Norkem Park |
Carroll Shaw Memorial Centre |
Checkers Tambotie |
Moabelo Foundation |
Checkers Hyper Arcon Park |
Boikanyo Foundation Garden |
Checkers Glenvista |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Iqabungelihle Community Garden |
Checkers Hyper Gateway |
Siyamnaka |
Checkers Hyper Shallcross |
Kuhle-Okwemvelo |
Checkers Amanzimtoti |
Qalakabusha |
Checkers Hyper Galleria |
Nurses At A Go |
Checkers St Johns Centre |
Sizanokukhanya |
Checkers Midlands Mall |
Limpopo |
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Phafogang Community Garden |
Checkers Tzaneen Lifestyle |
We Can (Mamotho) |
Checkers Polokwane |
Mpumalanga |
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Tiyimiseleni Home Based Care |
Checkers New Hazyview Junction |
Khomanani Vhanu Community Project |
Checkers Lydenburg |
Lillydale Home Based Care |
Checkers Hyper Edenvale |
Northern Cape |
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Retshwenyegile Home Based Care |
Checkers Hartswater |
North West |
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Mokaila Community Project |
Checkers Mafikeng |
Nthabiseng Skills Training Centre for Disabled |
Checkers Hyper Rustenburg |
Western Cape |
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Vlottenburg Community Centre |
Checkers Century City |
Iris House Children's Hospice |
Checkers Hyper Brackenfell |
Siyazama Community Garden |
Checkers Sea Point |